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Statues of important Romans frequently represented them nude.
Men were portrayed naked holding weapons.
The naked emperor might wield the thunderbolt of Jupiter, while Roman women assumed the guide of the nude love-goddess, Venere.
When faced with these strange images, modern viewers are usually unsympathetic, finding them incongruous, even tasteless.
They are mostly written off as just another example of Roman `bad taste'.
This book offers a new approach.
Comprehensively illustrated with black and white photographs of its subjects, it investigates how this tradition arose, and how the nudity of these portraits was meant to be understood by contemporary viewers.
And, since the Romans also employed a range of costumes for their statues (toga, armour, Greek philosopher's cloak), it asks, `What could the nude images express that other costumes could not?' It is Christopher Hallett's claim that - looked at in this way - these `Roman nudes' turn out to be documents of the first importance for the cultural historian.
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Both the collection of evidence and much of
the iconographic analysis represent an important contribution which will be of
lasting value. Margaret H. Williams, Journal of Roman Studies [A] thorough and
well-researched study Elizabeth Bartman, Classical World [a] solid work(s) of
scholarship...remind(s) us of the hard and physical aspect of ancient culture,
too often centred on warlike competitiveness. Antiquity 80 The Roman Nude
admirably and energetically contextualizes its enigmatic subject. Emma Dench,
Art History --This text refers to the Hardcover
edition.
About the Author
Christopher H. Hallett is Professor of History of Art and Classics, University of California at Berkeley.
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